Rita Lopes

Rita Lopes is a tech manager at INESC TEC´s Technology Licensing Office, passionate about promoting a synergistic relationship between academia and industry to leverage the inherent economic and societal value of research results. As a researcher, she has participated in the technology commercialization program COHITEC, and collaborated in R&D projects in close relation with industry during her postdoc at CMU. Rita holds a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and a Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering, both from the University of Porto, which has given her a strong foundation in both the life sciences and engineering. To broaden her network and continue educating herself, she became an ASTP member, a distinguished organization leading the pathway of knowledge transfer among universities and industry. She has attended different training activities given by ASTP as well as by WIPO.

Domains

Technology Licensing Office Bioengineering Systems Engineering and Management

Publications

Relationships among bulk soil physicochemical, biochemical, and microbiological parameters in an organic alfalfa-rice rotation system

Lopes, AR;Bello, D;Prieto Fernandez, A;Trasar Cepeda, C;Manaia, CM;Nunes, OC;

2015

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Production of microparticles of molinate degrading biocatalysts using the spray drying technique

Lopes, AR;Sousa, VM;Estevinho, BN;Leite, JP;Moreira, NFF;Gales, L;Rocha, F;Nunes, OC;

2016

CHEMOSPHERE

Comparison of the bacterial composition of two commercial composts with different physicochemical, stability and maturity properties

Silva, MEF;Lopes, AR;Cunha Queda, AC;Nunes, OC;

2016

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Microbial degradation of the herbicide molinate by defined cultures and in the environment

Nunes, OC;Lopes, AR;Manaia, CM;

2013

APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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Centres

Technology Licensing Office

The mission of the Technology Licensing Office is to protect and license technology developed at INESC TEC. To carry out its mission, the office works in close collaboration with the Legal Support Service and the Industry Partnership Service. The office’s responsibilities consist of establishing and managing INESC TEC’s processes related to: internal scouting and dissemination of research results that can be protected by Intellectual Property (IP) rights; market and state of the art assessment; definition of IP strategy; technology licensing; negotiation and monitoring of licensing contracts.